Fish-guard.



R. CHANDLER. FISH GUARD.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. a, 1913.

1,080, 11 5, Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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FISH-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed. September 8, 1913. Serial No. 788,764.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY CHANDLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at llavre, in the county of Hill and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fish guards or screens adapted to be placed in a running stream, canal, water way or ditch: and the primary object thereof is to provide means in the nature of a revolving drum or water wheel having novel means associated therewith whereby an incessant or continuous noise is produced to frighten approaching fish, causing them to turn in a direction away from that from which the noise originates.

A further object of the invention contemplates the provision of an operating wheel having a plurality of studs or projections radiating from the periphery thereof, the said projections being uniformly spaced apart to abut, during the revolution of the wheel, a suitable spring member provided therefor, the engagement between the spring and wheel effecting the noise necessary to the effectiveness of the present invention.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in their preferred embodiment in the acconn panying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims forming a part of this application.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fish guard constructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device.

It is a well known fact that any strange or out-landish noise, if continuous, will have a tendency to frighten fish; therefore, it is with this in mind that the present invention has been evolved.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates suitable support Incans in the nature of a pair of spaced apart uprights, upon the top of which suitable bearings 2 are formed within which a shaft 3 is j ournalcd. A water wheel comprising the usual sides i and blades 5 is mounted for rotation upon the said shaft, motion being imparted thereto by the force of the running water directed against the blades thereof. At one side of the wheel and secured thereto is an operating wheel (5 from the periphery of which radiates a plurality of uniformly spaced apart studs or projections 7, the extremities of the said projections being adjacent the periphery of one of the sides l of the water wheel. To brace the wheels (3, spokes 8 are provided, the spokes radiating from a hub (not shown), mounted for rotation upon and with the shaft 3 above mentioned.

Directly beneath the operating wheel (3 is disposed a concrete or other composite block member 9, the upper face of which is in spaced relation to the outer extremity of the lugs or projections 7 Fixedly secured as at 10 upon the top of the block member 9 is a leaf spring 11, the free end of which abuts or engages the n-ojections 7 of the operating wheel, which engagement causes the said spring to be compressed or bent, so that when released, the free ends of the spring will fly back and engage either the periphery of the wheel 6 or the next adjacent projection 7, thereby producing an out-landish noise for the purpose above mentioned.

From the above, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the rotation of the water wheel will cause the said projection 7 to engage the spring 11 in successive order to effect a continuous noise; that the power necessary to the operation of the device is effected solely by the movement of the water; and that if desired, an operating wheel may be placed upon each side of the drum or water wheel to increase the noise, should occasion demand.

It will be understood that the above de scription and the accompanying drawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of my invention and that various minor changes in the details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims, and without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se cure by Letters Patent is 1. A fish guard for Water ways including a Water Wheel, a spring member, and means operated by the said Wheel adapted to engage the said spring, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A fish guard for Water Ways including a Water Wheel, a block member disposed beneath the said Wheel, a spring fixedly secured to the said block member and means operated by the said wheel adapted to engage the said spring, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A fish guard for Water Ways including a rotatable Water Wheel, an operating Wheel mounted upon one side thereof, a plurality of uniformly spaced apart projections radiating from the periphery of the said opcrating Wheel, and a leaf spring disposed for engagement With the said projection, as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. A fish guard for Water Ways including a rotatable Water Wheel, an operating Wheel secured to the said ater Wheel to one side thereof, a plurality of uniformly spaced apart projections radiating from the periphery of the said operating Wheel, a block disposed directly beneath the said operating Wheel, a leaf spring, one end of which is fixedly secured to the said block, the free end of the said spring engaging the said projection to produce a noise during the rotation of the said Wheel, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

ROY CHANDLER. Witnesses:

ED. M. ALLEN, GEO. T. l/VORLAND.

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